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Skriven 2009-11-28 13:17:32 av RUTH HANSCHKA (1:123/140)
     Kommentar till en text av DAVE DRUM
Ärende: Re: pumpkin pecan pie
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->  RH> I bought them at the supermarket, believe it or not.  Sweet
pumpkins
->  RH> turned up before Halloween, and being the hopeless type that I am I
->  RH> grabbed two. One got turned into ravioli with jamaican curry
powder.
->  RH> The other one became pie.
-> 
-> They were available at Humphrey's - which *always* has local produce
available
-> at better prices than the factory produce of the big chains. I suppose 

There aren't any of those around here, although the local IGA affiliate
does pretty well.  

-> they were available at the farmer's market (before it closed for the
season) as
-> well as some of the produce sections of the majors.

My farmer's market didn't have any. They had regular squash but no pie
pumpkins.
  
->  ->   suggests using a hand saw.
-> 
->  RH> If you're in the far east, a good old Chinese cleaver will get the
job
->  RH> done.  That's how I hacked mine up.
-> 
-> I have a small cleaver ... but I am going to use a carpenter's "trim"
saw to
-> dissect these guys.

Mine is a big honkin' thing that I found in a asian grocery store.  A saw
sounds like a good move though as long as you clean it before and
afterward.  
  
->  RH> I used a fork, but I'm known for doing things the hard way. 
Grandma
->  RH> Hanschka's influence there, I'm afraid.  She only used a mix for
lemon
->  RH> meringue pie, and even then mixed other things into it.
-> 
-> I have a Foley ... and I am going to to use an I scream scoop to get the 

Me too - two IIRC.  We use them to make applesauce among other things.

flesh
-> out as was suggested in the article/recipe. No seasoning though. The
pumpkin
-> glop gets frozen in small Zip-Loc containers until I am ready to make
something
-> with it. THEN it gets tarted up.

Good idea. I've done that before - cooked stuff without seasoning and
frozen.  MYO prefab food.  
 
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